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| Biden Admin To Deploy Harm Reduction Kiosks In Rural Kentucky |
| 2022-09-08 |
| [Newsmax] President Joe Biden's administration will launch a project to test the effectiveness of "harm reduction kiosks," vending machines that dispense supplies such as injection equipment, fentanyl test strips, and medicine to reverse an opioid overdose. "At a time when overdose deaths, driven primarily by illicitly manufactured synthetic drugs, have reached a record high, the Biden-Harris Administration has significantly expanded access to evidence-based prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery support services, as well as taken action to reduce the supply of illicit drugs like fentanyl," the White House said in a statement at the end of August, which called for an additional $3.2 billion for National Drug Control Program agencies. The National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse is leading the project, which will involve dispersing harm reduction kiosks through rural Appalachia, starting in Kentucky as a "hybrid effectiveness trial to test the effectiveness, implementation outcomes, and cost effectiveness of a community-tailored, harm reduction kiosk in reducing HIV, hepatitis C, and overdose risk behavior." The NIH notes that the kiosks "will be supplied with injection equipment, naloxone, fentanyl test strips, hygiene kits, condoms, and other supplies as well as an innovative call-back feature for facilitated referral to needed services by trained recovery coaches." The National Institute on Drug Abuse told the Washington Free Beacon that the kiosks will also dispense "food kits, water, socks and gloves, feminine hygiene products, wound care, and resources/guides." Similar machines have been deployed in various other U.S. states, including New York, Ohio, and Nevada, as well as in the countries of Canada and Australia. I wonder how well this program worked in other test sites and how much they charged for the 'items'? Related: Naloxone: 2022-07-01 NH Gov. Sununu signs pair of bills related to vaccine mandates, vetoes ivermectin legislation Naloxone: 2022-06-25 ‘A deadly combination': excessive heat adds to Arizona opioid epidemic's toll Naloxone: 2019-02-15 Fentanyl deaths from 'Mexican oxy' pills hit Arizona hard |
| Posted by:Seeking Cure For Ignorance |
| #10 Robbed and vandalized in how many |
| Posted by: magpie 2022-09-08 16:49 |
| #9 By then they won't notice. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-08 13:34 |
| #8 ^ Late night roundups and bus tickets to Chicago and NYC? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-08 11:35 |
| #6 Shitty quick shops and liquor stores always seem to be buried in cig butts and broken glass, but sure this will work. I'd doll it up a little and put those little radios in the parking lot like what they used to have at drive-in theaters so it only looks like people falling asleep to a movie. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-09-08 11:09 |
| #5 CVS in a box. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-08 10:59 |
| #4 Thought this was the Babble On Bee for sure. Sadly, it's not. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2022-09-08 09:32 |
| #3 Do anything except try to limit supply or decrease demand. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2022-09-08 07:46 |
| #2 On it, Seeking Cure. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-09-07 18:58 |
| #1 Sorry, I meant for this to appear in tomorrow Rantburg, can a mod move this to tomorrow please?? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-09-07 15:15 |